Bloody Justice
Chapter 8: Harran Part 1: Arrivals and Awakening
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The Enforcers were on the Apollo heading towards a city called Harran, for weeks it had been quarantined because a strain of rabies that kills people and makes them zombies had spread throughout the city. The Enforcers were told to go and find a former GRE operative named Kyle Crane and a Dr. Camden. Two weeks ago a damning file had been posted on the internet revealing that the GRE, the supposedly humanitarian organization, was planning to weaponize the virus and sell it to the highest bidder. Kyle Crane managed to get in contact with the outside world and reveal that Dr. Camden and his now deceased college Dr. Zere had the data necessary to start working on a cure. Once the Enforcers found them they were to protect them in case the GRE or any other group tries to get the research, Crane and Camden were also important pieces of evidence against the GRE.
"Attention, destination arrival in one minute" the onboard computer announced. "Alright, everyone remember the plan" Walker asked. "Yeah, get in, find Crane and Camden, protect them from any greedy or psychotic assholes that want the data, help any survivors that don't try to kill us on site, do our best not to get eaten alive by rabid zombies, and get out" Michael said. "That about sums it up" Engineer said, "landing procedures initiated" the computer said. "two more things, Gomez said loud noises attract the zombies, so stick to melee weapons and guns with silencers for now and unless you're a metahuman or really good at running don't go out at night" Walker said.
The Apollo lowered by the old fortress turned museum in the district called old town. The Enforcers disembarked and the Apollo left, "alright, the lab is one the other side of the district" Jason said. Some of the Enforcers groaned, Alucard and Seras had their coffins on their backs. They then began their trek to the lab. Little did they know they weren't the only ones that were able to get into the city.
On top of one of the taller buildings a man with binoculars was watching the Enforcers; he has blonde hair in a buzz cut, light colored skin, military clothes, and an eye patch covering his right eye, he is Eric Willem, a member of Raul Menendez's South Africa branch. "Alright, they've arrived" he said with a white south African accent, behind him were three others. One was a feminine looking man with hair covering his right eye and wearing the Akatsuki robes, he is Deidara. The next is a hunched over man who is also wearing the Akatsuki robes, Sasori. The last one is a Japanese woman, she is slim with a black long sleeve shirt with a collar that covers everything below her eyes, black pants with a pair of sai on her belt, black boots, black shoulder length hair, and brown eyes, she is Yuki Akiya, an assassin and part of Raul Menendez's Japan branch.
"It's about time, getting into this city was a pain so hopefully getting in and waiting for an hour will be worth it, hm"
Deidara said. "I actually agree with the bomb brat on that, these zombies are annoying and I hate having to wait" Sasori said, getting a glare from Deidara. "for members of a terrorist organization with some of the deadliest shinobi of the hidden villages you two are quite whiney" Yuki said emotionlessly, not even glancing at them. Deidara and Sasori glared at her, "hey, screw you lady" Deidara said, her stoic attitude reminded him of Itachi, which frustrated him greatly. Before anything else could be said Eric intervened, "enough, remember our mission, we can't complete it if all we do is insult each other" he said, this managed to stop any arguments and the four began to move.
Meanwhile in another part of old town four young people were exiting a sewer, they are Sasuke Uchiha and his team. "So this is Harran, man it really is as bad as the news said" Suigetsu said. "It's sad, all these lives ended and so many people scarred" Jugo said. "Of all the missions Orochimaru could've given us, he gives us the one that takes us to a zombie infested city" Karin said fearfully. Sasuke said nothing, the group heard someone scream and saw a zombie running towards them.
Once it was in front of Sasuke it lunged at him, faster than the others could react Sasuke pulled out his sword and swung it, decapitating the zombie. He sheathed his sword, "alright, it's safe to come out" he said. Four more sound ninja exited the sewer; one is a young women with short brown hair: Ai, another woman in her thirties with black hair: Maho, a young man with blonde hair: Chikara, and a man in his forties with red hair: Daigo. "Still can't believe we have to follow a kid" Daigo said, Sasuke scoffed, "well believe it, Orochimaru personally put ME in charge of this mission" he said. They then darted off, heading to their destination.
In another part of the city a another group of ninja's had arrived, they are Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, and Sai. They are followed by Maito Gai and his team, Asuma Sarutobi and his team, and Kurenai Yuhi and her team. Kakashi turned to the others, "alright everyone remember what the ministry hired us for" he asked. Asuma lit a cigarette, "find Crane and Camden, secure the data, and deliver them to the ministry" he said. Kakashi nodded and the group went on the move.
Little did they know, they were being followed by a group of four. One is a is a black man with sunglasses and a black trench coat, on his left is a androgynous person with long hair with a green tint wearing a skin tight midriff showing top and a combination of shorts and a skirt. To his right is a young girl with long blue hair and a Japanese school uniform, in her hand is a combat knife, in front of them is a someone wearing a red cloak and hood, on their face is a blank red mask with only two eyeholes. "so the ministry really did hire ninja from the leaf" the masked person said, their voice sounded distorted. The masked one turned the others, "remember, only engage them if we have to" he said.
The trench coat wearing man raised an eyebrow, "why wait until we have to, I thought you wanted to send a message to the leaf, now would be a good time as any" he asked. "True X, I want to remind the leaf of my existence, but considering we have multiple groups gunning for the virus data, now isn't the time" Mask explained. X nodded in understanding, then a thought came to him, he turned to the androgynous one "by the way Envy, it's been a while since I made contact back home, how's father doing" he asked. Envy sighed, "he's still the mopey pessimist he was last time you saw him" he said sadly, it truly hurt to see the one who brought him into the world depressed most of the time. The girl smiled at them, "you're creator really needs to cheer up, after all the years he's lived you'd think he'd stop being so depressed" she said.
X and Envy glared at her, "shut up Ryoko, you're just a machine, so don't act like you understand" Envy hissed. X nodded, "perhaps Kami should reprogram you when we get back, make you talk less about things you have no comprehension of" he said. Ryoko lost her smile, "I'm just saying he should cheer up, no need to be hostile" she said. "Enough, now isn't the time for arguing" mask said. "Yes sir" the others said, the group then continued to follow the leaf.
In another part of the city a man and a woman were sitting on top of a two story building, watching the zombies roam around. The man wore brown Victorian era clothes including a brown top hat, a strange red gem amulet around his neck, he is white, has piercing blue eyes, messy brown hair that went down to his ears, and had a grin. The woman wore strange black clothes, she wore loose fitting shirt and pants with blue swirling patterns on them and seemed to be made of some kind of leather, her shoes were also black but had metal on the soles and sides, her skin was a dull gray color, her eyes were purple, her hair was in a bob cut and was white. The man turn to her, "so we've been staring at these zombies for a half hour and I cannot for the life of me figure out how they would make a good weapon, you can't control where they go once you release them, at best their a one time use per attack, and they make an area uninhabitable for humans, well humans can live in the affected area, the zombies just make it damn near impossible, the military really are idiots if they actually buy the virus from the GRE" he said in a thick cockney accent, smiling like the whole situation was a joke.
The woman sighed, "can you take anything seriously Arthur" she asked. Arthur didn't lose his smile and put his arm around her shoulders, "oh don't be like that Niz, you know I'm a guy that enjoys life, be it watching a good football game, or soccer if you're an American, enjoying a cool refreshing beer, watching walking corpses stumble over each other, or stabbing someone in the throat and watch the life leave their eyes" he said, his smile getting psychotic look to it at the end. Niz simply rolled her eyes and stood up, "anyway we should move now, the longer we sit and do nothing the less of a chance we have at retrieving the data". Arthur stood up and stretched, "yeah your right, we lose the data and the boss will be pissed" he said. Niz nodded, "I'll take the lead" she said, she bent her legs slightly and the muscles in them bulged, she then launched up into the air, landing on a five story rooftop.
Arthur touched his amulet and a red light came from it, when it died down he was holding a sickle. A blue light formed where the blade connected to the hilt. He then swung the sickle like a fishing reel and the blade went flying to the roof, connected to a chain coming from the hilt. The blade stuck into the building and the chain was pulled taut, "and away I go" Arthur said, gripping the brim of his hat as the hilt was pulled towards the blade, bringing him with it. He flew over the roof and the momentum dislodged the blade, he then launched the blade at another building and swung in the direction Niz went.
Meanwhile while everyone was on the move someone was waking up. In a spare room at the university safe house a doctor was checking on his patients. one of them was a man with a short black beard, his skin was pale, black hair that went to the middle of his back, his equally long bangs framed his face, he looked to be six feet tall, he wore simple black long sleeved shirt and matching pants, and black shoes. He opened his eyes, showing they were a gray color, he sat up surprising the doctor. "My god, you're awake" he said, the man looked around, "where am I" he asked, his voice was soft and slightly raspy. "You're at the university, don't worry it's safe here" the doctor said, "you were found by a runner in an apartment, he carried you here figuring something knocked you unconscious, that was two weeks ago" he explained.
The man stood up despite the doctor saying not to, the doctor was surprised he was able to stand without any difficulty. "It seems my meditation took more out of me than I thought it would" he said. "Meditation" the doctor asked, "yes, when the quarantine was started I decided to meditate, most people just clear there mind when they meditate, but for my clan it's different, we connect to the spirit world" the man explained. "The spirit world" the doctor asked, the man nodded, "I did so to assess the situation by seeing how many people in Harran crossed over, it was staggering" he said, clenching his fists, "unfortunately connecting to the spirit world can be draining, so my body went into a form of hibernation, but like I said it exhausted me more than I thought, a spirit told me how long ago the quarantine was initiated…" he went quiet. He then punched a wall startling the doctor and other patients, cracks formed a few feet in diameter around his fist "… and as I slumbered many lives were lost, lives I could have saved had I not overestimated myself" he said, clearly angry at himself.
The doctor carefully approached him, "look, I don't know half of what you're talking about, but you can't blame yourself, the outbreak caught everyone off guard, hell this country's military had entire battalions stationed here in case terrorists targeted the games and even they couldn't mobilize in time to prevent the infected from increasing in number" the doctor said, trying to alleviate his guilt. The man sighed, "perhaps you're right, some things just can't be stopped, that knowledge doesn't make it any less painful thought" he said. The doctor nodded, "I know, people always think of how something could've been prevented, but sometimes it just can't be, if it could've been prevent or not we may never know, all that matters now is picking up the pieces".
The man sighed, "true" he turned to the doctor, "what's your name" he asked the doctor. "Dr. Klaus Steinman, I was on vacation and came here to watch the games, now I help the sick and wounded…" he sighed "… and for some, make there final moments as comfortable as I can" he said. The man chuckled, "huh, I was actually born in Germany, a few months after I was born my parents and I moved to the U.S" he said. Klaus chuckled too, "funny, you were born in Germany, moved to the states, now you're talking to a German doctor in Harran, the world seems pretty small these days" he mused. "Yeah, when you're a kid the world seems so big, but as you gets older it seems to shrink, especially since the internet puts the world's knowledge at your fingertips" the man said.
The doctor nodded, "so what's your name" he asked, "my name…" the man began, "… my name is, August… August Slovan".
AN: hey everyone, sorry for not updating this since Halloween, I got caught up working on other stories, anyway I hope you enjoyed and it looks like the enforcers are gonna have a good old fashioned race, but instead of a trophy they're racing for data on a zombie virus.